{This blog is not affiliated with the VA. Though a Veteran, four yrs. all shore in Navy last year In-Country Vietnam, I don't work for the VA}**USN All Shore '67-'71 GMG3 Vietnam In Country '70-'71 - Independent**

In 2003 some 72% of Americans fully supported the Abandoning of the Missions and those Sent to Accomplish so extremely Quickly after 9/11!!At least some 95%, if not more as less then 1% serve them, not only still support the, just below, total lack of Sacrifice, they ran from any and all Accountability and left everything still on the table to be continually used if the political/military want was still in play in future executive/legislative wants!!

Especially for the Corporate and Wealthy Community, investors in Defense Industries, and for these, Afghanistan and Iraq, came Two Huge Tax Cuts, with more sweetheart deals to same from states and the fed!!

Ask yourself: If the Veterans Administration is so corrupt and mismanaged, as the conservative ideology, under which the seeds of are planted when they control, wants everyone to buy into as they obstruct the budgets and do extremely little after they charge same, then why does the Private sector, many problems within rarely heard about, adopt so many practices and advanced technologies developed within the VA, for free?! The VA, DoD, and in partnership with Universities and Colleges, not just Health Care are constantly in R&D and that developed that works is quickly moved into the private, for profit, sector, even as the VA is long under funded, decades, and especially during and after our wars that the few are sent into!

* * * * *President Obama 26 August 2014 Fact: "This is not just a job of government. It’s not just a job of the veterans’ organizations. Every American needs to join us in taking care of those who've taken care of us. Because only 1 percent of Americans may be fighting our wars, but 100 percent of Americans benefit from that 1 percent. A hundred percent need to be supporting our troops. A hundred percent need to be supporting our veterans. A hundred percent need to be supporting our military families."

Fact: "We’ve been able to accomplish historic increases to veterans funding. We’ve protected veterans health care from Washington politics with advanced appropriations. We’ve been able to make VA benefits available to more than 2 million veterans who didn't have them before, including more Vietnam vets who were exposed to Agent Orange. We’ve dedicated major new resources for mental health care. We’ve helped more than 1 million veterans and their families pursue their education under the Post-9/11 GI Bill."

Fact: “We are dealing with veterans, not procedures—with their problems, not ours.” —General Omar Bradley, First Administrator of the Veterans Administration

Facts: Matthew Hoh{former Marine and foreign service officer in Afghanistan}: "We spend a trillion dollars a year on national security in this country.""And when you add up to the Department of Defense, Department of State, CIA, Veterans Affairs, interest on debt, the number that strikes me the most about how much we're committed financially to these wars and to our current policies is we have spent $250 billion already just on interest payments on the debt we've incurred for the Iraq and Afghan wars." 26 September 2014

Fact: "If military action is worth our troops’ blood, it should be worth our treasure, too — not just in the abstract, but in the form of a specific ante by every American." -Andrew Rosenthal 10 Feb. 2013

Fact: "12 years also is a long time. We now have a lifetime responsibility to a generation of service members, veterans and their families." Dr. Jonathan Woodson 11 Sep. 2013: With 9/11 Came Lifetime Responsibility{two tax cuts, especially for the wealthy, came with these two recent unpaid for wars, nor the results of, DeJa-Vu all over again from the previous decades and wars from! Ignore the many issues, by those served, no need to fund!}

Fact: Sen. Bernie Sanders told Republicans: “If you can’t afford to take care of your veterans, than don’t go war. These people are bearing the brunt of what war is about, We have a moral obligation to support them.”February, 26th, 2014

Fact: “Why in 2009 were we still using paper?” VA Assistant Secretary Tommy Sowers “When we came in, there was no plan to change that; we’ve been operating on a six month wait for over a decade.” 27 March 2013

WHY? GOOD QUESTION THOSE SERVED SHOULD ANSWER!

Bob HerbertLosing Our Way : "And then the staggering costs of these wars, which are borne by the taxpayers. I mean, one of the things that was insane was that, as we're at war in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Bush administration cut taxes. This has never been done in American history. The idea of cutting taxes while you're going to war is just crazy. I mean, it's madness." Bill 'Moyers and Company': Restoring an America That Has Lost its Way 10 Oct. 2014

Under two previous Executive administrations and wars from, father and son. With son and conservative congresses leading the extremely quick abandoning of the missions and those sent to accomplish after 9/11:

3/27/15 - U.S. Nerve Gas Hit Our Own Troops in Iraq"During and immediately after the first Gulf War, more than 200,000 of 700,000 U.S. troops sent to Iraq and Kuwait in January 1991 were exposed to nerve gas and other chemical agents. Though aware of this, the Department of Defense and CIA launched a campaign of lies and concocted a cover-up that continues today.""When Brown and others tried to obtain their medical records to prove their illnesses were service-related, they learned that the records had disappeared."

Add in the issues of finally recognizing in War Theater and more Veterans, by the Shinseki Veterans Administration and the Executive Administrations Cabinet, what the Country choose to ignore from our previous decades and wars of: The devastating effects on Test Vets and from PTS, Agent Orange, Homelessness, more recent the Desert Storm troops Gulf War Illnesses, Gulf War Exposures with the very recent affects from In-Theater Burn Pits and oh so so much more! Tens of Thousands of Veterans' that have been long ignored and maligned by previous VA's and the whole Country and through their representatives!

How does a Country HONOR It's Fallen, by Their Own 'Sacrifice' in Taking Care of the Brothers and Sisters They Served With!!

Sunday, July 7, 2013

While a number of issues of stagnant growth bring up more questions, especially as to why once again military veterans issues are ignored, no one mentions the promises of the reagan free market capitalism nor the reasons given of why the turn to, many knew why, greed of the few on the backs of the many, after success in growth of the capitalism of sharing in the labors it brings, not totally adhered to by the same greed but with the benefits clearly visible with a once strong middle class. The new reagan capitalism promises of top investments for economic and job, especially to those who serve the country, growth thus not needing government investment even in infrastructure needs of the business world

July 5, 2013 - The veteran-unemployment crisis may be ebbing toward an end as the jobless pace for younger ex-troops declined in June for the fifth consecutive month, marking its lowest rate since November 2008, the Labor Department reported Friday.

Among former service members who served during the Iraq and Afghanistan eras, 7.2 percent were out of work last month, undercutting the 7.5 percent unemployment rate posted in June by non-veterans – a monthly milepost reached only three times during the past five years, federal figures show.

Veterans and company leaders were not prepared Friday to declare victory over the chronic quandary. But one job recruiter and former Navy pilot said the brighter stats reflect the immense sweat spent by veterans advocates on job fairs and resume-writing help plus the spreading buzz among business honchos who are starting to trust and tap a pool of ex-military talent once largely ignored.

“You have a very viable workforce – mature, skilled, seasoned, reliable and disciplined – and employers are making a concerted effort to look at that pool of candidates almost separately from the non-veteran pool,” said Sean Carroll, managing partner at Polachi Access Executive Search, based near Boston.

“It's almost like when you apply to college: there’s a pile of applications from legacy candidates (that get the first look) and then a pile from everybody else," added Carroll, who flew missions during the first Gulf War. "You’re seeing that now with employers: there's a pile of veteran candidates then there’s everybody else.”

A massive public-private drive to hire younger veterans was ignited in early 2011. That year, first lady Michelle Obama launched the "Joining Forces" campaign, which has helped escort nearly 300,000 ex-military members from careers in uniform to civilian jobs, the White House reported April 30. read more>>>

Other issues, decades long in ignoring from previous war theaters to present, can be asked as to why the masses served think waving the flag, having parades and welcome home ceremonies, and saying words of support, and also condemnation pointed at, the agency tasked by the people to care for those after the results of our wars, whomever when deemed fit to use, fulfills their responsibility and sacrifice they demanded, with cheers for invasions and war/occupations, from those who served them!

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